contiuncula

Latin

Etymology

cōntiō (speech before a public assembly) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension

  1. (rare) a short harangue or speech

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae
genitive cōntiunculae cōntiunculārum
dative cōntiunculae cōntiunculīs
accusative cōntiunculam cōntiunculās
ablative cōntiunculā cōntiunculīs
vocative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae

References

  • contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers